by Susan Barreto | Jul 8, 2022 | News
John Slattery has been named director of Duquesne University’s Carl G. Grefenstette Center of Ethics in Science, Technology and Law, where he had been a directing fellow since early 2021. An ethicist, theologian and science historian by training, he has explored the...
by Susan Barreto | Jul 8, 2022 | News
A new survey conducted by UK think tank Theos and The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion found that roughly 60% of people reject the idea of “scientific immortality,” while 19% are in favor. Perhaps more interestingly, the survey of 5,000 UK adults...
by Susan Barreto | Jul 8, 2022 | News
Elaine Howard Ecklund, who is well known for her research on perceptions of religion and science, was named director of the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance at Rice University. The move follows more than a decade at the Religion and Public Life Program at...
by Susan Barreto | Jun 3, 2022 | News
Dr. Frank Wilczek was named the winner of the 2022 Templeton Prize for his work as a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author in studying and explaining how the fundamental laws of nature have transformed our understanding of the universe. The $1.3 million...
by Susan Barreto | Jun 3, 2022 | News
Every Wednesday from June 1 through Aug. 3, those interested in a wide range of faith and science topics will gather again in-person over a light supper at 6 p.m. at Hill Episcopal Church in Los Alamos, New Mexico for the Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum. The Forum...
by Susan Barreto | May 8, 2022 | News
A new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is set to offer a unique history of religion and science via historical objects that each tell their own story of where we have been and how cultural views have shifted. The exhibit, Discovery and...